Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 25
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1780.
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 2,070
Rare and unusual horse rider brass podometer in form of a watch. Double body Louis XVI, polished case. White enamel dial with three scales. Full plate movement, the wheel train is driven by the wheel carrying the unit hand. Diam. 61 mm.
Notes
The podometer was secured to the saddle of the horse
and the thin cord fastened to its leg.
A similar podometer is illustrated in The history of the
self winding watch, by A. Chapuis and E. Jaquet, page
203.